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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
Feeding MIXED Fee0.

There are two cardinal PRINCIPLES in
relation to mixed feed first, that mixed
feeds are betie1 than plain second, that
all the elements OF the mixture should
be fed each day. instead of one element
for one day or one week, and another
element for anol her day or week. Thus,
for instance, the experiments at Rotham-
stead, England, showed that eight pounds
of peas. or six pounds of oii-cake meal,
would make a pound of live weight,
while of peas and oil-cake meal mixed
four and one-haif pounds would suffice
1t is as an element of mixed feed that
roots attain their greatest value. Thus,
in q great majority of cases it will be
found that . sheep receiving three
pounds Of bright wheat straw and six
pounds Of turnips per day, will increase
~ much in weight, or keep in as good
condition, rs another with three pounds
OF the best timothy hay. while the former
will Goa less.
It has been ascertained that to keep a
sheep in good thriving condition, fifteen
pounds Of perfectly dry feed (of average
good quality is required per week for
each one hundred pounds of live weight.
But since hay and grain, in their ordi-
nary condition, contain about fourteen
per cent. of water, from eighteen to
twenty pounds per week will be neces-
sary, or about three pounds per day. To
facilitate digestion and prevent constipa-
tIon, is would be well il an equivalent of
this amount Of nutrimenr could be ex-
banded in bulk 30 a. to weigh seven or
eight pounds.--AmsricoR .igricalturisf
for january.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

The Times onion has been endorsed"
by some business man Of Jacksonville:
we believe every citizen of Palatka would
repudiate his supposition Of Ill will here
towards THE manager or ''officials'' Of
the j., T. & n. w. X. B. Meanwhile,
here is a note from one of our most i'm
tiuential business men on this subject:
20. That Mine Enemy Wonid Write
Book
Editor PGlatka News:
The object of the most patient man.
in expressing that desire to his enemy is
illustrated in the Mulligan letters of
Blaine, the Chase letter Of Murat Hal
stead, and the Cleveland letter of Charley
Jones and his more recent letter to zen.
BENTLEY. This may have been the wish
Of e. n. b. as he quietly bided his time,
and endured the complaints, and impor-
tuniti-s, and threats Of the use of the
Influence" of the metropolitan Journal
of the State. &. j., of the Times Union,
wrote, and the true animus of all the at
tacks on the management Of the j.. L. &
n. w. leaked out. The General Mana
ger had not given the r. L. all his job
patronage, had not honored oil the de-
mands for passes made by it's manager.
Query-Is this the usual course Of the
manager of the TT. with the business
men of Jacksonville: G..
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
Cabbage aud Cucumbers Al the
South.

Cabbage aud Cucumbers Al the
South.
Cabbage is perhaps the most important
OF all Southern crops raised for the
Northern market, and much-very much
of the success of the crop depends
upon when sown and the quality Of the
seed used. Taking the latitude OF
Charleston, s. c., or Savannah, Ga, as
basis, the usual time Of sowing there, in
the open ground, is from October 9th to
10Th, but even at the latter date, the ia
vorite variety, Early Summer" may
ram to seed il the season is mild so we
strongly advise to SOW. 1t least portion
OF the crop, ten days iater-say from Oc-
tOber 2Uth to 3Oth-and 60 shape the seed
beds that they can he covered up by
''sashes" made Of muslin, or protecting
cloth, on cold nights-exposiDS them, of
course, to the light, on warm, bright
days.
Cucumbers may he sown on pieces of
inverted sod, cut in sections of three or
four inches: these. if placed in frames
and covered with protecting cloth, or
better still. for this purpose, glass sasl,es,
may be started two weeks sooner than
they can be sown outside. In about a
month after sowing tif not begun before
the temperature averages 81 deg. at
night, they will have grown two or
three inches and have matted the pieces
OF sod full of roots; the temperature now
should be 10 deg. higher, and they may
then be set in the open field and will give
a crop at least . week earlier, which will
repay the extra labor.-Peter Henderson
~ American Agricultural for jan un,-y.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
The Damage Done.

Unless the cold of last night inflicted
injury not yet reported, we have escaped
with only slight damage. The proper
tion OF the crop frozen is so Insignificant
that We can afford to ignore it in sum-
ming up our totals for the year. Reports,
entirely trustworthy show that down the
Florida Southern the thermometer rested
at -, and samples of fruit sent show no
traces Of injurious cold. From Palatka
to the southern extremity of Putnam we
have received oranges and reports which
show that Jack Frost has been cOmpar-
atively harmless this year. The same
report comes from Brooksville and other
points to the westward-from San Ma
teo, Buffalo Bluff, welaka. Norwalk
and Drayton Island to the south and from
all the groves about Crescent City to the
east. The cloudy skies and brisk wind
of yesterday. will do much to extract
the frost without injury to the fruit, and
in ten days we can begin to ship the best
matured and iuiciest oranges ever sent
NORTH.
In Palatka fruit in places exceptionally
exposed has been frozen, and it 10 prob
ably the same in some cases elsewhere.
In one grove on the Heights one large
cluster which projected beyond the tree
and towards the north was frozen, but
not another orange on the same tree had
suffered. So that while few in many
groves may drop in week or two,
growers will be amply remunerated in
the higher prices which will be obtained
for those uninjured.
Then 1T will be at once seen that there
is no occasion for panic or any indis-
eliminate rush into the market. Those
Who ship now will get nothing for their
fruit whether It 10 good, bad or indiffer-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
ARa,lroad Com mission.


The IDEAS Of those who favor the crta-
ton Of a railroad commission are jum- !
bled "a badly as the brain of the Irish
man who found himself after the second
bottle, "allfired mixed" The commits
sioners must be given unlimited powers
il they are to justify the expectations
already expressed, judging from some Of
our exchanges. They must see that the
transportation of our products to North
ern markets lie done at reduced rates,
even on roads beyond our State; they
must make each way station competing
point they must pay for all cattle killed.
without delay even for examination and
now we are threatened by the Times
Onion with a commission which shall
compel the roads to carry the mails in
manner satisfactory to charleyjones,
without regard to the contracts approved
by the Department at Washington.
Now there are some considerations due
TO justice, so weighty that they should
impress even an anarchist. the capital
Invested in railroads constitutes an i'm
portant interest among us, which we
have sedulously invited. and which has
contributed in some degree to our pros
perity. Now we do not wish to make
these interests our master, but certainly
we wish as little to Cypress them.
The people should be as careful to
avoid oppression as impatient under its
infection. To do this We must disabuse
our minds Of pre- JUDGE and study the ex-
perience of others. There must be nc
partial legislation among us rs against
particular interests any more than
against peculiar races. IN Georgia and
Alabama railroad legislation" has been
productive OF much dissatisfaction on
both sides, and the Commissions of botf
States have fallen into disrepute even
with its first supporters. The Commits
sion in Tennessee has been attended witt
much better results and, We have nj
doubt, has been productive of much good
But it was conceived in a spirit alto
gether different from that actuating thos,
calling loudest for a Commission in Flor
ida, and worked out its purposes withou
the aid of special leg station except il
the statute creating it.
If we dc have a Commission, neithe
the laws defining it's powers nor its praC
tical operation, should be left IN tn
hands of those now seeking politica
capital while posing as champions of tn
people. A railroad should be allows
such powers and privileges among u
and such standing in our courts as
given to other men and capital in othe
forms-no more and no less, exceI
where absolutely necessary to the dis
charge Of it's duties rs a common carrier
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
THE DAILY NEWS.

THE DAILY NEWS 10 published every morn
iug, except Monday, ana delivered by carriers
q the city. or mailed postage free, for 50 cents
. month. Si.;1 for three months, $3.50 for si1
months, or - per annum.
THE WEEKLY NEWS Ii an s-pege 66-column
paper published every Friday, containing
all the news OF the week, local and general. IL
the largest and handsomest weekly paper
published in Florida, and will he mailed poet
are free for 81 year. or 81 cents Tor az
months. Specimen copies free to any address.
Local advertisements ~ cents per line Tor
dr5t Insertion and 10 cents per line Tor each ad-
ditioua Insertion. specia! notices 10 cents per
line. Reduced rates on continued advertise
mems.
All adv ertising bills become due pro rat q
every month. Local advertisements due ut
the expiration of the tins for which they are
Inserted.
All renittances should be made by express
moucy -order reg'stn~ed iefter
Address TIE. NEWS,
PALArkA. FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

The suggestion that auction rooms for
oranges might be established in different
Florida towns near to the growers, has
been Endorsed by several prominent fruit
culturists near Palatka- We believe that
Mr. Kinds idea, or some modification of
it, might be made to work great and
lasting benefit in this State. We invite
criticism as well as discussion.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

The Philadelphia Ledger criticises the
people who take pains To say day po when
they mean a railroad station, and tells them
that they are very little nearer TO the French
pronunciation than less pretentiOus people
who saw dee-po OF the two the latter Is de-
cidedly preferable, being according to the
custom Of the country, and not being an
Alteration and an error at the same time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

a Home auction.

Prominent members of the Fruit Ex-
growers believe that in the auction is to
be found the panacea for all cur woes.
Yet they acknowledge it would be most
desirable TO bring the consumer nearer
the grower, and that, could such endtbe
attained, 1T would greatly simplify the
profit Of the grower. The only trouble
has been the inability Of the Exchange
to devise any method promising the &C
complishment of this end.
In the letter to THE NEWS published
yesterday, Hon. Thomas Hind, of Put
nam, has a suggestion to make which
should be carefully considered by the
Exchange. If, as Me-srs Greenleaf and
Fairbanks and Stanton believe, the auc-
ton plan is good, why not have the auc-
ton in Florida at regular stated intervals
during the season. Why would not this
bring buyers TO FlorIda: Why would 1t
not bring the purchaser nearer to the
grower? Why would it not lessen the
risk of loss:
Ii the auction was held at some point
in Florida, the grower could attend either
in person or by agent, and il prices
proved unsatisfactory he could redeem
the fruit. Practically this is exactly
what is done with foreign oranges.
Even large growers whose brands are
well known would soon find it to their
advantage to sell in this way, and the
brands of responsible and careful pack
ers would soon he recognized and COM
mand premium. Like Mr.. Hind, we
believe that in this way, and in this way
alone, the Exchange will be able 10 han
die the crops of the large as we'll as the
small groves. In this way il would not
be possible for ''glutted market" to at
feet The grower, and this is the only plan
yet proposed which will give the grower
power TO watch his own fruit. Implicit
faith in any business is bad policy.
Even in the methods of the Exchange.
Ii this plan would work to the benefit
of the grower, we believe it would also
be better for the buyers. These could
comm and wholesale rates of transporta-
tion and direct the fruit so AZ to fill the
orders of consumers and small dealers.
Cotton commands market where
grown. Tobacco is sol to the highest
bidde-. The fine horses of kentuck =
aud Tennessee are sold at auction ON
their breeding grounds. The Mediterra-
mean fruit is shipped thousands Of miles
at the risk Of the buyer, not Of the
grower. Ruinous losses have been ex
perienced when the grower with INSULT
Gent Knowledge attic mpted also to lool
after speculation IN his crop, Our or
anges are the best in the world and ye
we can find no market for them at home
We believe Mr.. Kinds suggestion viii
bear valuable fruit, and we ask for II
careful consideration. IL out of the ex
perience of the past two winters some
better plan for handling our fruit il
evolved, the frosts will not be altogethel
our enemy. Palatka's fire was valuable
lesson to our merchants and builders
will our orange growers be equally open
tn conviction? What attractions to ou
visitors would such auctions afford:
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
Thrown on All PoIuu..

The Duke of Seville has thrown off alb
ruptly all things royal and aristocratc. He
has publicly renounced everything appertain-
ing to monarchy with all its works and
pomps, and has declared himself an linear
nate enemy" of kingly rule.-Chicago Tri-
bune
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

IL doan' make no difference how much er
rian reads. he Farms mo- at last from er
ignunt pussen den he do from er smart book.
De book ken be 50 high dat il doan' tech
natur' but de mo ignunt puSsou is, de
closer ter nature he libs.-Arkansaw Tray
eier
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
1897
MORNING NEWS
The Leading Commercial. Political and
Business Newspaper Of the
Southeast.

THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS u AN
l. established. enterprising. vigorous news
paper, possessing unequaled facilities for
gathering the latest news and presenting il
In the most readable shape to its readers. II
IS carefully edited, and di- cusses ali questi Ons
of public interest," without fear or favor. Its
telegI aphic service is unriyaled, embracing
full reports of the news and markets OF the
world by Associated Press New York and
WESTERN. supplemented by u special service
from New York, Washington, Atlantis, Jack-
sOny ille, Tallahassee and Othe news centers.
In politics II Is thoroughly Democratic, hut
indepe ndent of political cliIues. IL IL n large
> Psse layer. published every day in the
year. Price so.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
Strawberries i'm Scotland.

A strawberry grUwer In Laaarkshire
SHETLAND, has cleared ~ 30 profit this season
out of the crops OF ground for which he paws
q rental of $50 a year. Last season the profit
WAS Just 81 ,0o-Chicago Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

Accounts of Banks, bankers ana Corpor-
atIOns solicited.
Our facilities for COLLFCTICNS are excel
lent and we re-discount for Bar rs when bal
ances warrant IL.
Boston is a Reserve City. nd balances with
us from Banks mot located in Other Reserve
Cities count reserve.
We draw our own Exchange or London and
the Continent. and U aAe able transfers and
pace money by telegraph throughout the
United states and Canada.
Government Bonds bought and sold, snd
Exchanges in Washington made for banks
without extra charge.
We have n market for prime 6r>t-clsss In
vestment Securities, and invite PROPOSALS
from States, Count les and Cities when issuing
bonds.
We do gene raj Banking business, and IN
wife correspondence.
ASA Il. POTTER. President.
JOS. W. ~ DIRK. Cashier.
pe:lf-WG Sncm
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

At Vie,na has appeared q weekly news
paper, printed in Engiish-tb- hr>t of the
kiri ever published there
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

Why Is il, asked Nine. L. one day, that
you don't get mArriedr impossible, my
dear madam. responded K; Il have such .
horror of diyorce.--French Wit
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
senator SOOrhcrs and Civil Service
Reform,

.RefOrm.
Il opposed it (the Civil Service Bib
from the time it first appeared on the
floor of the Senate, where it originated.
l denounced il then and there as a trap
laid by the Republican leaders, aided by
few Democrats " HON they used for the
purpose, to keep Republicans in office
and Democrats out Of office. l said so
then in my place in the Senate, and !
say 40 now. 1t was passed at time
when the entire official force Of the Gov
eminent was Republican, and its purpose
from its incipiency was to keep them
from being turned out in the event Of q
Democratic Administration. l have seen
nothing TO change my mind on that sub
ject. believe with all the strength OF
an honest conviction that the party
placed in power by a popular majority
should administer the Government
| through the hands of its friends and not
/ of its enemies. No other system is prac-
teal or can result in public good. Sickly
political sentimentalists speak of the
/ 'spoils of office = they denOunce the idea
| that to the victors belong the spOils.
/ Let US see, for a moment, what that
means. Spells in that connection can be
/ nothing but the Offices themselves. The
/ victOrs are those who carry the election.
/ Now, if the Offices do not belong to the
people who carry the eli ctiOn, they must
| belong to those who were defeated at the
polls. They must go somewhere. |
hold that under well-known and recog-
nized principles of popular government,
based upon the will of the people, these
offices should belong to the ma jority.
These are my views, and for them / am
simply and individually responsible.
am not attacking any body nor defending
anybody. | do not complain OF Mr..
Cleveland for enforcing the law. He did
not make it. 1t was made to his hand
before he entered the White House. II
he likes the law better than / do. and
think he does. that is a matter OF taste
and honest difference between him and
! myself. de has never misunderstood
my views as to the law itself. think he
has given me credit for honesty in enter
tanning the views i have, and l have
given him the same. Nor have ! the
slightest complaint to make of Mr.. Cleve-
land in regard to his treatment of Irdi-
ana Democrats in the distribution of his
patronage outside of the provisions of the
Civil Service Act. There are not many
Republics ms remaining in Office in the
State of Indiana, and y hat few there are
are not in important places, nor will they
stay long. "-F'rom the MdioBopOJis Sen
finel.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

DATENTS SECURED ON REASONABLE
i TIE ms. Work reliable; papers carefully
and le gally drawn. Write for particulars. n.
L. COLL NJ II, Patent Attornsy and Mecban-
zeal Engineer, st. Cloud Building. Washing
tom ID. & de5-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05
ArbOr Day Pr0clanlai ion.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

To the People Of Florida;
Encouraged by the interest already
manifested in the purpose of setting
ing and the ornamentation Of public
places, and appropriate and practical
teachings and ceremO0ies connected
Herewith in our public schools, and i'm
pressed by the benefits which will result
from keeping alive and increasing that
interest, l, Edward A. Perry, Governor
of the State of Florida, do. by this proc
lamatiOn, appoint and set apart Wednes-
day, the Ninth day Of February, - Ar
Dor Dav for the year 1887.
And again especially invoke public
attention to the great results which will
grow from a small expenditure Of time
and labor. devoted TO the planting Of
trees in public grounds and streets, IS a
means OF beautifying our towns and vii
lagos, and adding to the attractivenees
of the people.
recommend to the officials and
teachers of cur public schools that the
day be devoted in whole, or IN part, To
such teachings, practical illustrations,
tree planting and instructive cere0O-
ries, as will tend to cultivate the hearts,
elevate the tastes and train the hands AZ
! well as educate the minds of the pupils
| and | here call attention to the impor
/ lance Of a suitable preparation of the
soil before. and proper care after, in or
der that the paintings may not only
serve to instruct and interest the present
pupils, but to perpetually adorn anC
beautify the grounds anu furnish com
fortipg shade to succeeding generations
In witness whereof, / have hereunt,
set my hand and have caused the Grea
Seal of the State of Florida to be az
fixed thereunto. Done at the Capital
this the First Day of January, A. ID
1897, and Of the Independence OF tn
United States the One Hundred AM
Eleventh year. f. A. PERRY.
By the Governor-Attest:
JNO. l.. CRAWFORD, Secretary of State
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

X so IsTEKED Al THE PALATKA Posi- OTTICl
As SECOND-CLAss MAIL NArrER-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-05

The Tmes,ChiOn is very proud of the
fact that Col. Gentry has taken q place
on the staff of that paper, and quotes
him as saying:
No paper worth a snap can be made
without the Associated Press dispatches,
and as the 7nnes- I'm ioa has the exclu-
sive right to them, il 10 not possible that
any other paper should compete with il
in Florida.
Now, the Colonel may be already
infected by his associations, but We ar
que exactly as he does, and infer there
from that paper rW be able to ''com.
pete with it in Florida" because of an
equal possession of the Associated Press
dispatches. The Times-Cnion Chains to
have a monopoly of the dispatches IN
5dcksonriile; it certainly has no fran
ehise cotering the State. And, like Gen.
Bentley, we are ready to prove what We
say.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-31

Messrs P. H. McWhorter, s. B Jacks
son and ]. L. Casselberry, Representa-
tives of the Chicago. East & West road,
returned from Muscatine last evening by
wagon, up the east bank of the Missis>
sippi, Messrs. CasselberrY and Jackson
left for Chicago last night. but Mr.. Nc
Whorter is still in the city investigating
the approaches to the city, etc. He was
out on Rock river in company with sew
eral members of the Business Mems asso-
cation this morning. There is no doubt
in the minds of anyone who has talked
with these gentlemen, that the Chicago,
East & West road is to be built. and it
only remains with Rock Island to deter
mine whether this city shall be included
in the route or not.